![]() House felt maintained.Īnd every night, while the family tossed and turned and snored and dreamed, their bodies were warm little hearts inside House’s body. Father cleaned the gutters every fall, and son mowed the lawn. Mother dusted the cobwebs from House’s corners, and daughter scrubbed the shower. The family was the only family House had known when House had finished growing, the last drywall hammered into place, the last wall painted, husband and wife moved in, followed by boy and the girl, who soon became teenagers. Then, the family took their things out of garage, put them into a truck, and drove away. They remarked on the wainscoting in the dining room, the sunny bedrooms. They marveled, from the window, at Mountain. Strangers came and touched the counters, knocked on the walls. A sign was placed out front with a phone number atop. ![]() They carried the furniture and beds and put them into the garage. They took mirrors and frames and clothes hooks off the walls. They wrote parts of House on them: LIVING ROOM. ![]() One day the family put their things in boxes. ![]()
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